Frederick

Frederick, city, seat (1907) of Tillman county, southwestern Oklahoma, U.S. With the opening of the Kiowa-Apache-Comanche reservation to settlement in 1901, the community grew up around a stop on the Blackwell, Enid, and Southwestern Railway. Initially known as Gosnell and renamed in 1902 for the son of railroad magnate J.C. van Blarcom, Frederick developed as a shipping point for locally produced grains and produce. Members of the gang of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were active in the area, robbing the town’s bank in 1933. During World War II, Frederick Army Air Field, now the municipal airport, was an important transport centre staffed largely by women pilots. Inc. 1902. Pop. (2000) 4,637; (2010) 3,940.